Love

Elegy 2. To my Mistress

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Love

Fair glory of your Sex! when you have read
My name subscrib'd, and find who's conquered,
Blame not my weakness; know your eies are strong,
And can do what they will, or right or wrong.
I did not look to love, onely to see,
And was enthral'd when I least thought to be.
Be kind; or (if you needs will tyrannize)
Ile be your Martyr, burn me with your eies.
But let me live; For th' Art is more profound,
To save a dying Man, then kill a Sound

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Elegy 2. To my Mistress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/5/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Elegy 2. To my Mistress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/5/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Sir Aston Cokain